Conditional

Conditional Tense

When To Use The Conditional Tense:

• Used in place of the enlish words - Would, could, must have, or probably
• To express probability or wonder

Conditional Tense Endings:

• The same endings as imperfect except you ADD them to the INFINITIVE
• The endings stay the same for -ar, -er, and -ir

-ía	-íamos
-ías	-íais
-ía	-ían

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Examples with regular verbs:

Hablar

Hablaría	Hablaríamos
Hablarías	Hablaríais
Hablaría	Hablarían

Comer

Comería	Comeríamos
Comerías	Comeríais
Comería	Comerían

Vivir

Viviría	Viviríamos
Vivirías	Viviríais
Viviría	Vivirían

Irregulars of the Conditional Tense:

• There are 11 main iregulars in the conditional tense

• The irregulars for the conditional tense are they same as the irregulars in the future tense
• To conjugate irregulars in the conditional, simpley add the correct ending with the new irregular stem

Irregulars:decir -> dir-
valer -> valdr-
poder -> podr-
salir -> saldr-
querer -> querr-
hacer -> har-
saber -> sabr-
venir -> vendr-
poner -> pondr-
haber -> habr-
tener -> tendr-
Here are some practice sites for the Conditional Tense:


http://www.quia.com/rr/401184.html

http://quizlet.com/5655953/scatter/

http://www.studyspanish.com/practice/conditional.htm